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Departments: Remploy
Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. [143797]
Mr. Dhanda: The Department for Education and Skills has not procured services, products or made any payments to Remploy in the last 12 months.
Departments: Surveys
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many staff surveys his Department undertook in the last 12 months; and at what total cost. [145257]
Mr. Dhanda: The Department for Education and Skills has undertaken one full staff survey in the last 12 months—in May 2007. The spend to date for this survey is £25,000. As the survey has only recently been completed there is an anticipated further expenditure of approximately £10,000 for data analysis and reporting.
Education: Sustainable Development
Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made on the European strategy for education for sustainable development. [144249]
Bill Rammell:
In 2005, members of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) adopted a regional strategy for education for sustainable development. The objective of the strategy is to incorporate key themes of sustainable development in all education systems, including poverty alleviation, democracy, justice, human rights, environmental protection, and natural resource management. The Department adopted the
UNECE SD strategy and this is reflected in “Learning for the Future”—the DfES Sustainable Development Action Plan published in March 2006. UNECE is currently preparing an initial progress report on the implementation of the European strategy, and this will be presented at Sixth Ministerial Conference on “Environment for Europe” in Belgrade in October.
Foster Care
Ms Dari Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research his Department has evaluated on the reasons for breakdown of (a) foster family units and (b) families with an adopted child or children. [144470]
Mr. Dhanda:
As part of its Adoption Research Initiative, the Department for Education and Skills (DFES) is currently funding research into ‘The characteristics, outcomes and meanings of four types of permanent placement’. This research is investigating the outcomes of placements for children, including the reasons for placement breakdowns. Its aim is to compare four types of permanent placement for looked after children: carer adoption, stranger adoption, long-term foster care and Special Guardianship. This work, which is being conducted by York University’s Social Work Research and Development Unit, builds
upon a recently completed DFES-funded study also undertaken by York University, which also includes a detailed analysis of the breakdown of placements. The current study is due to report to the Department in September 2008.
Free School Meals: City Academies
Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average percentage is of the pupil intake in receipt of free school meals in each (a) city technology college (CTC), (b) academy CTC, (c) academy and (d) category of specialist school. [141577]
Jim Knight [holding answer 19 June 2007]: The information requested is shown in the tables.
Two sets of figures relating to the number and proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals are given in the school level table. The first includes all pupils in the school, regardless of their age. The second includes full time pupils aged up to (and including) 15 and part time pupils aged 5 to 15 (inclusive). This second coverage is as used in the Achievement and Attainment Tables and Ofsted’s PANDA reports and provides consistent school level comparisons.
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